IoT Connects With LoRaWAN in Kigali

As lead sponsor for Transform Africa Summit being held in Kigali, Rwanda on 10th – 12th May 2017, Inmarsat has connected Kigali with LoRaWAN™ infrastructure and some other technologies, such as the JT Nomad IoT Platform and IoT connectivity.

The Inmarsat smart cities flagship project showcases its capabilities in real time to everyone at this years summit, in a real city, with real use-cases, all focused on improving the lives of over 700,000 residents.

Inmarsat will be leaving a blueprint for Kigali so that it can be used after the event to benefit the urban population of the city.

LoRaWAN™ technology opens-up the possibilities beyond traditional M2M communication by enabling meaningful interactions between people and their environments.

Connectivity is a key part for the success of this project and technologies including LoRaWAN, WiFi and Cellular need to co-exist to provide a network ecosystem where the right connectivity is used for the right application.

JT’s participation with Inmarsat to deliver a proof of concept for smart urban solutions utilised its unique base of IoT connectivity, but extended into provisioning, monitoring and diagnosing third party applications and devices.

The flagship project in Kigali benefits from using the Nomad IoT Platform to provide connectivity around cellular, Wi-Fi, and LoRa, networks, but importantly, to provide Smart Urban Solutions that can be provisioned, managed, invoiced and automated.

JT’s services are unique due to truly global coverage that utilizes over 600+ roaming agreements, with open roaming SIM, which is also software free with an extremely competitive price point. It also provides complete API integration and allows its users to construct, provision, bill and monitor complete IoT solutions.

NOMAD is a workflow engine that assembles all the many components of an IoT solution via API to third parties, allowing automated and controlled provisioning of point of sale, building controls, tracking/telemetry, and security solutions. NOMAD also integrates LoRa and Wi-Fi connectivity for “single pane of glass” visibility of hybrid estates.

How JT can help your IoT application stay connected?

JT are a world class, Tier 1, global communications provider based in Jersey, Channel Islands. As a premium provider of global wireless data as well as a key platform enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), JT are the partner of choice.

With over 120 years’ experience in telecommunications we are dedicated to delivering full suite of managed products and services. JT delivers managed network solutions to some of the world's biggest banks and consumer goods firms.

JT provides connectivity around cellular, Wi-Fi, and LoRa, networks, but importantly, to provide a platform in which the various “molecules” that comprise a compound IoT offering can be provisioned, managed, invoiced and automated.

IoT applications can now be supported by secure, fast and reliable mobile data connectivity using our IoT SIMs that have been designed with a unique managed IoT platform from the SIM up. Our solution provides true global open roaming, eliminating every possible point of failure for your IoT devices.

JT M2M SIMs are designed with no additional software to get in the way and delay connection. Plus, we allow free hopping between all the networks available in a particular country, with dynamic IP address, fixed IP or IP SEC VPN.

JT's network core is geo-redundant and connects to the world through France and the UK. With over 600 Direct Roaming Partners, only JT can deliver global 2G, 3G and 4G LTE multi-network M2M SIM solution competitively priced with great service.